Financing of the United Nations Protection Force

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 137 Financing of the United Nations Protection Force, published in 1993.

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7 documents · 1992–1995

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1995	A/RES/49/228	Financing of the United Nations Protection Force	1,676	–
1994	A/RES/48/238B	Financing of the United Nations Protection Force	1,765	–
1994	A/RES/48/238A	Financing of the United Nations Protection Force	—	–
1994	A/RES/48/238	Financing of the United Nations Protection Force	1,614	–
1993	A/RES/47/210B	Financing of the United Nations Protection Force	3,082	–

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Administration Andorra Bosnia and Herzegovina Budget Contributions Croatia Czechia Economy Measures Equipment and Supplies Eritrea Financial Regulations Financing Monaco North Macedonia Peacekeeping Operations Recommendations Reimbursement Slovakia Special Accounts Yugoslavia

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Decides, at this stage, to appropriate, in accordance with the recommendation contained in paragraph 14 of the report ofthe Advisory Committee, an amount of85 million United States dollars net to meet the additional requirements of the Transitional Authority for the period from 1 May to 31 July 1993 and for the continued operation ofthe Transitional Authority from 1 August 1993 to the end of its mandate, in accordance with Security Council resolution 860 (1993) of27 August 1993, in addition to the total amount of 1,397,191,600 dollars gross (1,376,845,400 dollars net) already appropriated for the Advance Mission and the Transitional Authority, inclusive of the amount of236 million dollars authorized and apportioned with the prior concurrence ofthe Advisory Committee under the terms of paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 47/209 A of 22 December 1992 for the period from 1 May to 31 July 1993;

Decides also, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amount of 85 million dollars net, for the period from 1 May 1993 to the end of the mandate of the Transitional Authority, in accordance with Security Council resolution 860 (1993), among Member States in accordance with the composition of groups set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of General Assembly resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolutions 44/192 B of21 December 1989,45/269 of 27 August 1991,46/198 A of 20 December 1991 and 47/218 A of 23 December 1992, and taking into account the scale of assessments set out in Assembly resolution 46/221 A of 20 December 1991 and Assembly decision 47/456 of 23 December 1992;

Decidesfurther to establish the contributions ofAndorra, the Czech Republic, Eritrea, the former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia, Monaco and Slovakia to the Transitional Authority in accordance with the rates of assessment to be adopted by the General Assembly for these Member States no later than at its forty-eighth session;

Invites the new Member States mentioned in para- 7. graph 6 above to make advance payments against their assessed contributions, to be determined;

Invites voluntary contributions to the Transitional Authority in cash and in the form of services and supplies acceptable to the Secretary-General, to be administered, as appropriate, in accordance with the procedure established by the General Assembly in its resolutions 43/230 of21 December 1988,44/192 A of21 December 1989 and 45/258 00 May 1991;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session a detailed and up-to-date performance report on the budget of the Advance Mission and the Transitional Authority for the period from 1 November 1991 to the end of the mandate of the Transitional Authority, in accordance with Security Council resolution 860 (1993);

Decides that the disposition of the property of the 10. Transitional Authority shall proceed on the basis of the principle that the equipment of the Transitional Authority should, wherever possible and cost-effective, be transferred to other missions, and, in this connection, endorses the recommendation of the Advisory Committee with regard to the disposition ofthe equipment,12 and requests the Secretary-General to proceed with the disposition on this basis; GeDeral Msembly-Forty-HVeDtb SaIloD

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report early at the forty-eighth session providing a detailed explanation for the donation ofcertain assets to the Government of Cambodia along with the proposals for the donation of any remaining assets which cannot be transferred to other missions;

Decides, with regard to section IV of the report of the Secretary-General,lo that the Secretary-General may use, on an extraordinary and temporary basis, an amount from the existing reserves equivalent to the pledges received and that repayment of any reserves so utilized shall be the first charge on receipts from voluntary contributions, and requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session, through the Advisory Committee, on the financial situation with regard to the joint interim administration referred to in section IV of his report, including proposals on this matter;

Invites Member States and other States in a posi- 13. tion to do so to respond positively to the appeal of the Secretary-General for voluntary contributions for financial assistance to the joint interim administration of Cambodia;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit revised 14. cost estimates related to the liquidation of the Transitional Authority, scheduled to start on 1 September 1993;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments ofup to 100 million dollars to meet the costs associated with the initial liquidation of the Transitional Authority over the period from 1 September to 31 December 1993, subject to obtaining the prior concurrence ofthe Advisory Committee, the said amount to be apportioned among Member States in accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution;

Requests the Advisory Committee to report to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session on action taken with regard to paragraph 15 above;

Requests the Secretary-General to take all neces- 17. sary action to ensure that the Transitional Authority is administered with a maximum of efficiency and economy.

Endorses the observations and recommendations contained in the report ofthe Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,IS subject to the terms of the present resolution, and approves on an exceptional basis the special arrangements for the United Nations Protection Force with regard to the application ofarticle IV of the Financial Regulations of the United Nations, whereby appropriations required in respect of obligations owed to Governments providing contingents and/or logistic support to the Force shall be retained beyond the period stipulated under financial regulations 4.3 and 4.4, as set out in the annex to the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to include in his report to the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session, referred to in paragraph 11 below, relevant information on the steps taken to comply with the recommendations ofthe Advisory Committee in its reportIS and, in particular, the recommendation contained in paragraph 18 ofthe report of the Advisory Committee on the administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peace-keeping operations;16 3.

Also requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action to ensure that the Force is administered with Raolutionl adopted OB tbe repom of tbe Flftb Committee

a maximum of efficiency and economy, to improve management, and to include in his report to the General Assembly mentioned in paragraph 2 above the steps taken to improve management;

Urges all Member States to make every possible effort to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the Force promptly and in full;

Requests the Secretary-General to explore all possibilities in order to ensure prompt reimbursement to troopcontributing countries;

Decides to extend the first financial period by thirtynine days, up to and including 31 March 1993, and to consolidate and administer the resources provided to the Force for the period from its inception on 12 January 1992 to 31 March 1993, inclusive;

Decides also to appropriate to the Special Account 7. referred to in General Assembly resolution 46/233 the amount of 27,759,900 United States dollars gross (27,269,300 dollars net), authorized and apportioned with the prior concurrence ofthe Advisory Committee under the terms of paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 47/210 A, for the operation ofthe Force for the period from 21 Febroary to 31 March 1993;

Decides further to appropriate to the Special Account the amount of 227,584,900 dollars gross (226,132,800 dollars net), inclusive ofthe amount of 141,193,575 dollars gross (139,477,002 dollars net) authorized and apportioned with the prior concurrence of the Advisory Committee under the terms of paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 471210 A and the amount of 10 million dollars authorized by the Advisory Committee under the terms of paragraph I of Assembly resolution 46/187 of 20 December 1991, for the maintenance of the Force for the period from 1 April to 30 June 1993, inclusive;

Decides to appropriate to the Special Account an amount of 55 million dollars gross to meet the additional start-up requirements owing to the enlargement of the Force in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into commitments for the operation of the Force in an amount not to exceed 200 million dollars gross (198,257,825 dollars net) for the period from 1 July to 30 September 1993, and, subject to the Security Council deciding to continue the Force beyond 30 September 1993 and to obtaining the prior concurrence ofthe Advisory Committee for the actual level ofcommitments to be entered into, to enter into commitments for the operation of the Force at a rate not to exceed 65 million dollars gross (64,419,275 dollars net) per month for the period from 1 October to 31 December 1993, the said amounts to be apportioned among Member States in accordance with the scheme set out in the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, prior to I November 1993, a full budget for the Force for the period from I July 1993 to 31 March 1994;

Decides, as an ad hoc arrangement, to apportion the amounts of 86,391,325 dollars gross (86,655,798 dollars net) for the period from I April to 30 June 1993, 55 million dollars gross for the additional start-up requirements owing to the enlargement ofthe Force in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 200 million dollars gross (198,257,825

dollars net) for the period from 1 July to 30 September 1993 among Member States in accordance with the composition ofgroups set out in pamgraphs 3 and 4 ofGeneml Assembly resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989, as adjusted by the Assembly in its resolutions 44/192 B of21 December 1989,45/269 of 27 August 1991,46/198 A of 20 December 1991 and 47/218 A of23 December 1992, and taking into account the scale of assessments for the years 1992, 1993 and 1994 set out in Assembly resolution 46/221 A of 20 December 1991 and Assembly decision 47/456 of23 December 1992;

Decides also that, in accordance with the provisions of its resolution 973 (X) of 15 December 1955, the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in pamgmph 12 above, shall take into considemtion the decrease in their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 264,473 dollars approved for the Force for the period from 1 April to 30 June 1993, inclusive;

Decidesfurther that, in accordance with the provi- 14. sions ofits resolution 973 (X), there shall be set offagainst the apportionment among Member States, as provided for in pamgmph 12 above, their respective share in the Tax Equalization Fund of the estimated staff assessment income of 1,742,175 dollars for the period from 1 July to 30 September 1993 approved for the Force;

Decides to establish the contributions of Andorra,

the Czech Republic, Eritrea, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Monaco and Slovakia to the Force in accordance with the rates of assessment to be adopted by the Geneml Assembly for these Member States at its fortyeighth session;

Invites the new Member States listed in paragraph 16. 15 above to make advance payments against their assessed contributions, to be determined;

Invites voluntary contributions to the Force in cash and in the form of services and supplies acceptable to the Secretary-Geneml, to be administered, as appropriate, in accordance with the procedure established by the General Assembly in its resolutions 43/230 of 21 December 1988, 44/192 A of21 December 1989 and 45/258 of3 May 1991.

SpedaI arrangemeDtI with regard to the application of article IV of tbe Financial Regulationl of tbe United Nations I.

At the end of the twelve-month period provided for in regulation 4.3, any unliquidated obligations ofthe financial period in question relating to goods supplied and services rendered by Governments for which claims have been received or which are covered by established reimbursement rates shall be transferred to accounts payable; such accounts payable shall remain recorded in the Special Account until payment is effected;

Any other unliquidated obligations of the financial period in question owed to Governments for goods supplied and services rendered, as well as other obligations owed to Governments, for which required claims have not yet been received shall remain valid for an additional period of four years following the end of the twelve-month period provided for in regulation 4.3;

Claims received during this four-year period shall be treated as provided under paragraph I of the present annex, if appropriate;

At the end ofthe additional four-year period, any unliquidated obligations shall be cancelled and the then remaining balance of any appropriations retained therefor shall be surrendered.

47/212. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations and programme budget for the biennium 1992-1993

Approves a revised appropriation of 2,467,458,200 United States dollars for the biennium 1992-1993 as a result of the restructuring;

Also approves, subject to the provisions contained in the present section and in sections II and III of the present resolution, the proposals for transfers of resources among sections, as reflected in the annex to the present resolution, and concurs with the recommendations and observations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;

Further approves the proposals of the Secretary- Geneml with regard to high-level posts, subject to the following modifications:

Decides to defer action on the proposal of the Secretary-Geneml to abolish the four high-level posts in the Department of Administration and Management and,

GeDeral Allembly-Forty-HVeDth SelIIo.

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